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Also, we can not guarantee that they are correct. The
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Australia based in what you've read here. The
situation for one can be completely different for
others and may cause deception and financial loss.
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come to work in Australia.

Job
offers in Australia for
most levels of skills has been going well. The
unemployment rate is steady at 5.4 % (
2013
ABS source Australian Bureau Statistics) while Europe faces a
bigger mark. In
reality there are plenty of jobs been offered,
but you must have caution on that. The reason is
that some jobs do not pay what that labour
deserves, so people go for the gold, and look
for something else. If you take for example a
cleaner job, there are plenty, but almost nobody
wants to take it except some migrants that don't
speak English enough to look for something that
pays better. By the other side, there are in
Australia what the government calls a
"demand" for high skilled professional
in some areas, and is trying to fulfil this
demand bringing skilled people from
overseas.

The
average time that
takes for a person who just finishes a degree in
a University to get the first job is around 3
months. Of course this can vary due to the area
of employment and other factors such as location
and work experience. For people not so skilled,
the time can be just a week or even less, but as
we said before, for a much less money.

Foreigners
can work in Australia
as soon as they have the appropriate visa or
permission. There are 3 or 4 different working
visas depending of the individual situation, and
you can check it out in our pages about Visas
or with Australia
Department of Immigration.
Contrary to the USA policy, if you find an
Australian company that is interested in
your skills and that skill is not easily found
in Australia or is in demand, you, together with
the company can apply for a work permit.

Australian
workers are very competitive
but usually are skilled in only one function.
This is due to the system Australia have had for
years that tends to regulate professions to open
new fields, and of course, protect its workers
from external (and internal) competition.
Australia had in the past the most bureaucratic
system of employment in the world. Now it is
better, because Unions and Syndicates no longer
have the power they had in the past, but you are
still to confront some aberration such as a
Cardio Surgeons Specialist from overseas to
practice in Australia, may be subjected to do a
residency (practice with a doctor that in most
cases is less experienced than him). Another
example can be a Plumber from England that even
with 15 years of experience will need to re-do a
course to "Learn" the Australian
plumbing standards (which are about the same). For sure the best jobs in Australia (the
one who pays better for less working hours) are
the governments (states and federal), but to
work there you need to be an Australian Citizen.

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